Usability in online shops: Scale construction, validation and the influence on the buyers' intention and decision

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-174

  Konradt, Udo ^a   Wandke, Hartmut ^b   Balazs, Björn ^b   Christophersen, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ONLINE SHOPS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 0142258717     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929031000107072     Document Type: Article

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